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Medication
Cost Finder

Search your medication and find patient assistance programs, discount options, and savings resources. Covers 50+ common drugs and major manufacturer PAPs.

What medication do you need help with?

Search by drug name (brand or generic) to find assistance programs and savings.

What to do when you cannot afford a prescription

There are four routes to a lower price and they are worth trying in order, because the first one is usually the largest and the last one always works. Assistance programs come first: 45 of the 55 programs on record advertise savings up to the full cost of the medication. Cash and discount pricing comes last, but it has no income test and no application.

  1. Step one

    Check whether a patient assistance program covers your drug

    Drug manufacturers run programs that supply medication free or at heavy discount to people under an income threshold. The database behind the tool above tracks 55 programs covering 142 distinct medications, of which 36 are run by manufacturers, 13 by non-profits and 4 are federal. This is the highest-value route and the one most people never hear about.

  2. Step two

    Find out whether your income clears the threshold

    Nearly every program states eligibility as a percentage of the federal poverty level, and most of them draw the line in the same place. Our eligibility cross-walk puts the 2026 income tables next to every program that publishes a numeric threshold, so you can see what your household size and income open before you fill in any application.

  3. Step three

    Compare the cash price across pharmacies before using insurance

    The cash price for the same drug varies widely between pharmacies, and for some medications it comes in below an insurance copay. It is worth checking rather than assuming, and the comparison is covered in depth at insurance versus cash pricing.

  4. Step four

    Use a discount card, which has no income test

    Discount cards are free, need no application and nobody checks your income. They are the floor rather than the ceiling, which is why they belong last, but they always work. Compared side by side at pharmacy discount cards compared.

Program rules change without notice. Confirm the current threshold and covered medication list with the program itself before relying on anything here, and speak to your doctor or pharmacist before changing how you take a medication.

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About this tool

This tool searches a curated database of common medications and manufacturer patient assistance programs. Drug information is supplemented by the openFDA API. It is free, requires no account, and collects no data.

This is not medical advice. Always consult your doctor or pharmacist before making changes to your medication. This tool helps you find financial assistance, not make clinical decisions.

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